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2.0KOutreach to Rural Areas Provides National Model for Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Georgia Campaign for Power & Potential CEO Kim Nolte is the first to concede that stemming the tide of adolescent pregnancies in...
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4.0KHas the Children’s Rights Convention Made a Difference?
The provisions of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child have been incorporated into the laws of several countries, according...
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1.3KThe Strange Career of a Children’s Rights Treaty
Sitting in the wings, unwilling to ratify the Children’s Rights Convention, were the United States and South Sudan, the only two holdouts...
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2.9KRural Youth Face More Economic Hardship, Have Fewer Enrichment Opportunities
After-school activities fill a gap in remote communities, but administrators struggle to fund youth-development programs. One trend is clear: Students in rural...
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2.6KAfter-School Programs Needed, But Scarce in Poorly Funded Rural Areas
One in every five children in the United States — nearly 10 million students — attends school in what the Census Bureau...
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13.3KRapper Kendrick Lamar Uses Music, Money As Vehicle for Social Change
The high school in Compton had a small, financially starved music program until hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar decided to give back to...
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1.2KWidespread Youth Unemployment Seen as Worldwide Risk
A British group called it a “ticking timebomb.” Pope Francis called it a defeat for humanity last year. And the World Economic...
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1.5KBrooklyn Youth Justice in the Hands of Teens
The Red Hook Youth Court trains teens to serve as jurors and judges to handle real-life low-level misdemeanors committed by their peers....
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Every Kid Needs a Family – Giving Children in the Child Welfare System the Best Chance for Success
The Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzes the latest national data on children in the child welfare/foster system and makes recommendations on how...
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1.5KToo Many Abused, Neglected Children in Group Homes Too Long, Report Says
More than 20,000 American children were placed in group homes unnecessarily and for longer periods than they should, at higher cost to...
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2015 Building a Grad Nation Report – Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic
This sixth edition of the annual report on high school graduation rates highlights considerable progress in raising graduation rates across the country,...
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2.1KNewark Program Prepares Low-Income Teens for College, Workforce
A leading college access expert says the RU Ready for Work model holds great promise for increasing the number of young people...
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1.4KCampus Jobs Make College Familiar for High Schoolers in Program
RU Ready for Work program administrators didn’t have to go far to create summer jobs for students. Having program participants work on...
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1.0KStudy: Intensive, Individualized Help Can Aid Foster Youth Move Into Adulthood
At long last, there is good news about ways to help youth in foster care and those who have been in custody...
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The Economic Value of College Majors
This comprehensive report by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce details the economic value of 137 different college majors.
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575CSJ Wins $250,000 Grant
The Center for Sustainable Journalism (CSJ) has been awarded $250,000 by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to support building awareness of foster...
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956Obama-launched Group Seeks to Make Economic Case for Its Existence
“Over the next three years, the organization aims to improve the lives of more than 275,000 boys and young men of color,”...
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1.6K‘Our Kids’ Need Attention, ‘Bowling Alone’ Author Says
ATLANTA — “Our Kids” is not just the name of Robert Putnam’s latest book. The author of “Bowling Alone” has issued a...
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Status Offenses: A National Survey
The Coalition for Juvenile Justice examines the laws concerning status offenses state-by-state and finds a wide variation in the laws and how...
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966Reporter’s Notebook: In Baltimore, Desperate Pleas and Prayer for City
On Monday night, Ralph Moore Jr. said a prayer for his beloved Baltimore amid the blazes and looting and youths hurling rocks...
